Perl is designed to give you several ways to do anything, so consider picking the most readable one.
Larry WallComputer programming is really a lot like writing a recipe. If you've read a recipe, you know what the structure of a recipe is, it's got some things up at the top that are your ingredients, and below that, the directions for how to deal with those ingredients.
Larry WallHuman languages tend to be much more ambiguous than computer languages because humans are much smarter about interpreting the context.
Larry WallTrue greatness is measured by how much freedom you give to others, not by how much you can coerce others to do what you want.
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